Also known as Wesak or Buddha Day, Vesak is one of the most important Buddhist festivals and is usually celebrated in May or early June. This year, it falls on Friday 5 May.

Wesak. This most important Buddhist festival is known as either Vesak, Wesak or Buddha Day, and is celebrated annually on the full moon of the ancient lunar month of Vesakha, which usually falls ...

Wesak (or Vesak) is the annual (well not exactly annual since there is no Wesak in 2020) birthday celebration of Siddhartha Gautama, the first and best of all Buddhas who lived from the sixth to ...

Vesak (say "VEE-sak") ... The day is also known as Wesak, Buddha Day or Buddha Burmina. It’s celebrated on the day of the full moon which usually falls between April to June.

"Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. It was on the Day of Vesak two and a half millennia ago, in the year 623 B ...

Vesak stands as the most sacred festival in Buddhism, a powerful commemoration of the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and Parinirvana. Celebrated on the auspicious full moon of the Vaisakha month, ...

As the full moon of Vesak rises above the land, a nation pauses—its streets lined with lanterns, its homes lit with devotion, and its people immersed in rituals passed down for generations. For ...

Taking place on Thursday 23 May (at the time of the first full moon of the lunar month Vesakha) and celebrated by Buddhists around the world, Vesak is one of the most important Buddhist festivals.

I have talked about Easter and the Hindu holiday of Holi, which have just passed, and I will help you prepare for the Buddha’s birthday, called Wesak (or Vesak), coming up in May.

The timing is also significant--it coincides with Vietnam's National Day and the Wesak Day celebrations." "Very few people realise that Buddhist artefacts from India, dating back to the 2nd and ...

Also known as Wesak or Buddha Day, Vesak is one of the most important Buddhist festivals and is usually celebrated in May or early June. This year, it falls on Friday 5 May.